D Asghar

Ordinarily, one would assume that people who have been hogging airtime on the idiot box for almost two months now would be rambling; most people are perhaps up to their ears with the rhetoric. The dear, darling government, in an effort to give its adversaries a dose of sensibility, tries to refrain from the rhetorical […]

Historians will not be very kind to Imran Khan and Mr Qadri for what they have done to the political culture of this Godforsaken country. In the guise of freedom and revolution, what has been exercised and glorified will come to haunt these characters, should they ever realise their dreams of occupying the Prime Minister’s […]

There is this story of a kafan chor (shroud thief) who would dig out a newly buried corpse from its grave and steal the funeral shroud. He was so despised by the people of the village that, after his death, his son could not bear to hear the abuse that was heaped onto the deceased […]

I do not know whether to laugh or cry. The drama and its antics have engulfed the people in and outside the assembly. Each day there is a new twist in the ongoing freedom and the revolution marches. A very renowned senior Urdu columnist for an international publication very aptly stated that he can comfortably […]

Call me whatever, a total sell out, unpatriotic, a novice, inexperienced or out of touch with reality for being thousands of miles away from home. I very humbly accept all of that. I honestly take pride in objective criticism and even the name calling that I often endure on social media. As of last week, […]

For those of you who are still unable to grasp the seriousness of this whole fiasco, I do not have much to add. I hope God keeps you happy and safe in your self-created universe. As an armchair analyst, let me categorically state that I hope I am dead wrong about all the doom and […]

The crisis unfolding in the federal capital has paralysed the entire country and perhaps given a totally new vision to the so-called passionate youth and the deprived of this sorry country. The way this blatant show of strength is being played on the streets of the capital in the guise of a protest is a […]

What an ugly mess this is. Most countries celebrate their Independence Day with joy and fervour but here the various political actors are at one another’s throats. The exchange has been beyond heated and there is no end to the arguments. The instability that this whole mess has created is beyond comprehension. The electronic media […]

If I were to say that the heat is on, it would be an understatement. Everyone has been expecting this for a while. Post Eid, the temperature of Pakistani politics has reached boiling point. Everyday, pseudo-gladiators get ready for the much-awaited showdown in Islamabad. It is one of those tussles where, if you were to […]

When I made it to the US a few decades ago, I was unpleasantly surprised that people in the US were actually workaholics. I have always been fascinated by the holiday season that comes right at the end of every year. Thanks to Hollywood, it was always full of snow, cheers, bells, joyous people and, […]